“Whatever you’re planning to do, wherever you’re planning to go, it will pale in comparison to what God wants to do in and through you.” –Eric Elder Do you ever shudder when you think of all the things you have on your plate? If you are like me, there are those planned things and then … Read more

In his own gentle, procrastinating way, Dr. George Harris did much as president of Amherst College, but the unpleasant duties of such a post he neglected or ignored. He was not really opposed to work, but I never heard him say much in favor of it. One autumn he rose in chapel to address the … Read more

Lo, another morning when one particular song was playing loud in my head as I made that transition from sleeping to waking. How is it that in those moments before all the plans for the day start bombarding me, there can come loud some particular song? Actually, for me, it is usually part of a … Read more

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good” –(Rom. 12:21). These are familiar words, I am sure, to all of us. The challenge for me is to stop and figure out what that looks like, not in someone else’s life, in someone else’s adventures, but in my life. What will that look … Read more